What does Decreasing your Appetite mean?

Losing excess body weight is generally not an easy task. One thing that people often struggle with is a very active appetite which causes them to eat more than the body actually needs to sustain itself. It is also one of the things that quickly put people off adopting a healthy lifestyle as they feel that ‘healthy’ suggests some sort of deprivation or starvation! However, appetite control and living healthily does not mean going hungry! On the contrary, many healthy foods are both filling and nutritious.

Should you be Decreasing your Appetite?

Pharmaceutical appetite suppressants once held much appeal for the individual wanting to lose a few pounds quickly without too much hard work or effort. However this appeal is quickly waning as research studies and personal experiences have shown that the various side-effects associated with these medications can be dangerous and extremely bothersome. Side-effects have been known to include: addiction, fatigue, irritability, sleep disturbances, heart palpitations, stomach pain, blurred vision, anxiety, impotency and the list goes on.

Side-effects aside, numerous studies have documented that the benefits of conventional appetite suppressants are short-term and they do little to address the underlying problems associated with obesity or being overweight. Once the medication is stopped, people generally start gaining weight again, and body metabolism is thrown out of a natural rhythm.

For these reasons, doctors are generally hesitant to prescribe appetite suppressants for strong appetite control and tend to only do so if other measures have failed in appetite suppression and if excessive weight is causing serious health concerns.

How to Decrease your Appetite

Decreasing your appetite should start with a different way of eating all together. In many cases, people with what seems like an insatiable appetite suffer from a lack of vitamins and minerals due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Those who eat junk food for dinner for example, may feel hungry soon after because they ate ‘empty calories’ that offer their body few essential nutrients.

When an excessive appetite is caused by emotional difficulties such as anxiety and depression, treating the condition in many cases helps to decrease appetite.

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Tips for Decreasing your Appetite

Drink plenty of water, at least eight glasses a day for proper hydration